% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects)

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Urban Areal Extents, by Source

Nighttime Lights Data

0

Regression-estimated Extents

1

Digital Chart of the World

0

Other

0

Notes

Administrative Population Source Data:

1990, 1995 and 2000 population values are Norway Statistics estimates from the Population Statistics, Statistics Norway and District Governor of Svalbard, http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/00/20/nos_svalbard_en/nos_d253_en/tab/t-45.html

Administrative Boundary Source Data:

Digital Chart of the World (DCW).

Settlement Point Population Source Data:

World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de

Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:

World Gazetteer

Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):

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Administrative Population Edits and Notes:

A population growth rate was calculated between 1995 (from Norway Stats) and 2003 (from CIA World Factbook) to extrapolate to target years.